Director Ken Loach talks about his acclaimed new film, which deals with the ‘conscious cruelty’ of the benefits system, leading people towards food banks and homelessness
The article ‘What kind of…Read more…
Reading council should stop dragging its heels on equal pay
Today, Reading council – the only local authority in England and Wales to have never settled an equal pay claim – will face 60 women in court, challenging them to cough up the £1.5 million they…Read more…
‘Social care is at a tipping point’
Check our campaign briefing for SOS Day on 16 Novembers for ways you can get involved
The article ‘Social care is at a tipping point’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Workers’ rights with your order?
Become a Deliveroo rider and “pick up a ton of perks to sweeten the deal, like discounts with Apple and Vue Cinema on top of your self-employed sixteen pound an hour depending on…Read more…
Unison Branch Newsletter October 2016
Features in this issue: Friday 25 November 2016 All Things Social Is Munby right – is the care system facing crisis? HCPC Renewal – 10 tips for getting your CPD profile ready. “Dammed” – Channel 4’s new social work comedy. … Continue reading →Read more…
United Order of General Labourers of London – Union Banner 1912
United Order of General Labourers of London (U.O.G.L.),
Union Banner 1912
Union established 1878
One of the original London Dock workers Unions
Central painting a depiction of of London…Read more…
Women drag last equal pay claim council to court, says UNISON
Reading council – the only local authority in England and Wales never to settle an equal pay claim – will today (Monday) be challenged in court by more than 60 women owed over £1.5m because they were…Read more…
Women drag last equal pay claim council to court, says UNISON
14 October 2016 Embargo: 00.01hrs Monday 17 October 2016 Reading council – the only local authority in England and Wales never to settle an equal pay claim – will today (Monday) be challenged in…Read more…
“Love the Triangle” Church Street West Hammers doing their bit for their local community
The picture is from last Saturday when local residents in Church Street, NHW – Neighbourhood watch West Ham, E15 organised a community clean up, garden planting day and cake stall. It took place next to the historic All Saints church.
They got a gr…Read more…
From Black Lives Matter to Black Liberation
Dear Colleagues,
Just a short post to thank Brian Richardson for visiting Ruskin College on 13th Oct to deliver a blistering session, as part of Black History Month, on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in the context of police, racism and …Read more…
STP’s: Commons Debate:
NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans What Was Said On September 14, the Opposition debate in the House of Commons took place on the NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs). The…Read more…
John Lewis Shop Workers Strike London 1920
John Lewish shop workers strike 1920
Hilda Canharm union leaderRead more…
Bermondsey Says No To Fascism – October 3rd 1937.
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Wimbledon NUR 1982
Cable Street 1936
Manchester Postal Workers Union Banner UPW
Clapham Independent Labour Party ILP Banner
Air Gunner J. A. Clough (KIA) – The Stench of Nazism WW2
Labour MP Acton – Joseph Sparks
Joseph Sparks born Tiverton Devon 1901
Election agent Barnstaple 1923 and Taunton 1924
Moved to London and worked as a clerk at Paddington Station in the employ of the Great western…Read more…